Trump adviser shares where the MAGA civil war with Elon Musk stands (2025)

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President Trump's senior adviser Peter Navarro insisted everything was 'great' with billionaire Elon Muskafter the pair had a nasty tariff spat last week.

The top White Houseofficial dismissed questions about the brutal social media post by the world's wealthiest person on Sunday after Musk publicly called him 'dumber than a sack of bricks' and a 'moron.'

'First of all, Elon and I are great. It's not an issue,' Navarro told host Kristen Welker.

When Welker pointed out that Musk had attacked Navarro as a 'moron' to his millions of followers on X, the close Trump ally shrugged it off with a laugh.

'I’ve been called worse. Everything's fine with Elon,' he said.

Navarro even went on to praise Musk for his work with DOGE.

'Elon is doing a very good job with his team with waste, fraud and abuse. That's a tremendous contribution to America,' he added.

But their savage back and forth this past week suggested they were anything but 'fine.'

The extraordinary row between Musk and Navarro escalated as members of Trump's inner circle have split over how the administration has been handling trade policy.

The SpaceX and Tesla billionaire frequently criticized the sweeping tariffs announced by the president earlier this month on imports from around the world.

Musk has personally lost billions as the markets responded turbulently to Trump's widespread tariffs and escalating trade war with China.

But their spat took a jaw-dropping turn last week after Navarro criticized Tesla.

The top Trump adviser describedMusk as a 'car assembler' and claimed his Tesla vehicles required parts manufactured in foreign countries includingChina, Japan, and Taiwan.

'When it comes to tariffs and trade, we all understand in the White House, and the American people understand, that Elon is a car manufacturer, but he's not a car manufacturer. He's a car assembler,' Navarro said in an interview last week.

Musk fired back on X: 'Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks' and called him 'truly a moron.'

He even dubbed the trade adviser as'Peter Retarrdo.'

But despite the hostilities playing out in public online, the White House dismissed the feud last week.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt even brushed it off at her press briefing with'boys will be boys' and said the administration planned to let the public sparring continue while touting what she claimed is the 'most transparent administration in history.'

When asked about a report last week that Navarro had been sidelined by Trump, he pushed back in the NBC interview on Sunday, pointing out 'I'm here.'

Navarro is not the first person Musk as feuded with as he runs DOGE and remains an ever-present person in Trump's second administration.

Last month, 'first buddy' also clashed with Secretary of State Marco Rubio according to a brutal New York Times report before they put up a public united front.

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